Commission fines JCB Service for its restrictive distribution agreements in several Member States* On 21 December 2000, the Commission adopted a decision finding that JCB Service, the UK-based parent company of the JC Bamford Group, infringes Article 81 of the EC Treaty and imposed on it a 39.6 million Euro fine [1]. The JCB Group is the world's fifth largest manufacturer of construction and earthmoving machines and also manufactures agricultural machines and material handling equipment. Its turnover in 1999 was in excess of 1.2 billion Euro. The infringements concern the distribution agreements and practices between JCB and its network of authorised distributors, which resell JCB construction machines and their spare parts in the EC. The infringements result from the combination of
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The EU Commission fines fifth largest manufacturer of construction and earthmoving machines for its restrictive distribution agreements in several Member States (JCB Service)
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